11-23-2015, 11:03 PM
It was horrible to watch. We had no clue what to do about their aggressive zone. If we penetrated, they closed in and knocked the ball away, seldom fouling in the process. On more aggressive drives we'd be called for a charge. Getting an open 3 wasn't too hard, but too often it was McPhee throwing up a brick. Alanna's one shot was a badly airballed three. Our rebounders got muscled out or had the ball snatched away.
Severe shot clock malfunctions added to the pleasure of the evening. On one sequence we inbounded with three seconds left, Bird caught the ball and shot immediately, but the buzzer went off before she released it. After long consultation the refs agreed that was wrong and gave us another try with 2 seconds on the clock this time (Why only 2? Who knows.) Exactly the same thing happened again. This time after more consultation and swapping out some equipment, they let us try again with 30 seconds on the clock. Again no idea why. This time Lili caught the inbound and immediately sank a 3. Then there was another long stoppage, halfway through which the refs signaled to count the basket and it was added to the score. Eventually play resumed.
Severe shot clock malfunctions added to the pleasure of the evening. On one sequence we inbounded with three seconds left, Bird caught the ball and shot immediately, but the buzzer went off before she released it. After long consultation the refs agreed that was wrong and gave us another try with 2 seconds on the clock this time (Why only 2? Who knows.) Exactly the same thing happened again. This time after more consultation and swapping out some equipment, they let us try again with 30 seconds on the clock. Again no idea why. This time Lili caught the inbound and immediately sank a 3. Then there was another long stoppage, halfway through which the refs signaled to count the basket and it was added to the score. Eventually play resumed.